CNN witnesses 3 alleged thefts in 30 minutes while reporting on shoplifting

CNN's Kyung Lah reports that more merchandise is being locked up in San Francisco drug stores and grocery stores to curb rampant shoplifting. #CNN #News

[@_Mr.Tuvok_]

“It’s become a police state” Dude this is literally the opposite of that, this is what happens when you go soft on crime in a country where the citizens are batshit crazy

[@thorax9997]

Batshit crazy? Must be why Clown News Network is doing a vid there

[@Tola5657]

Why happen it ind USA and not all over Europe when it USA there have most people ind prison oer capita 😂

[@justacinnamonbun8658]

We don't need more locks, we need more firearms.

[@asleepawake3645]

​@@justacinnamonbun8658, firearms is what enables criminals to kill people and make them crazy and entitled

[@godzillamothra5983]

it is gotham city

[@Krispy1011]

Vote blue and this is what you get - you fools!

[@Manuel3525m]

Stf blue - red this is not stopping. Fool!

[@jjminor]

Yep 👍🏻

[@davidbelway6076]

lol. this crap started during trump.

[@jjminor]

@@davidbelway6076 not because of Trump

[@bobbobbington3615]

@@davidbelway6076 ... in Blue cities. You, literally, melted down about Trump, and destroyed your own neighborhoods. Blue cities and districts represent almost all violent crime and gun crime. YOU'RE the problem.

[@sherrifleszar2540]

This kind of crime has been reported on for the past 2 years and CNN is just figuring it out? Way to go guys.

[@onigiri9964]

But...Donald Trump...

[@sherrifleszar2540]

@@onigiri9964 nailed it.

[@kommisar.]

Watch the segment a few years ago with Don and Fredo denying the crime problem in NYC. They said the basis for this was they went out the other night and saw no crime, and people even came up to them and 'thanked them" for doing such a "good job".

[@Manuel3525m]

Past 2 years been going on way back

[@hggfhh4449]

Better late than never. I guess

[@jacobl11206]

1:25 ridiculous that they have to blur the face of someone that's stealing

[@ruddagahwallace8287]

CNN is Fake News.

[@barendbe]

They don't want the next journos to become targets as soon as they film a theft.

[@lonalxaia]

@jacobl that's exactly what they want to think and say. When they implement your social credit score and its low, and they plaster your face on the board or blur it. Some will say exactly the same thing about you. Think of the bigger picture.

[@mcrked]

@@lonalxaiamaybe just be a better person and productive member of society and you don’t have to worry about low social score

[@lonalxaia]

@@mcrked for whom? Not the ones at the very top.

[@fgfg633]

The funniest thing is that all the thief has to do is ask the employee to open the case, then just ransack the entire shelf. The employee can’t do anything. 🤡

[@johnwattdotca]

Do you always set yourself up to fail?

[@helending7809]

​@@johnwattdotcaWhere is the lie though.

[@aaronrubalcava7810]

​@@johnwattdotcayou mad he's right? Lol sucker.

[@mcrked]

⁠@@johnwattdotcahow exactly did they fail? Retail employees have nearly no power to stop thieves. Nothing can be done to stop someone from grabbing product at a register if they pretend to pay or just run off with stuff

[@johnwattdotca]

@@mcrked I said the first comment set himself up to fail, describing a worse case scenario that will probably not happen to him in real life.

[@tominmtnvw]

The guy who said in response to seeing Pete’s coffee locked up that San Francisco has become a police state, needs to get back on his meds. He’s out of touch with reality.

[@godsownson2469]

He is a such a M**oron it's shameful

[@Hallow334]

He, and people like him, is the problem. The cancerous, liberal mentality and ideology is why the state has become a cesspool!

[@derp8575]

The plan is to create enough chaos in order to justify a police state. Hegelian dialectic.

[@kommisar.]

"I don't understand why coffee is locked up. It's like a police state!" That dude has to be the biggest idiot in the city. How do you not know about SF's shoplifting problems, and how is NOT prosecuting people for stealing make it a "police state"?

[@qwertyiop7336]

Maybe it’s because you can target and choose handful of who to prosecute

[@colincooper8727]

Oh please. The people don't want "mass incarceration". So, shop lifting, auto burglary and petty larceny are no longer prosecutable crimes. What do you expect?

[@anthonybourdon4642]

democrats voted this way

[@beckhaleen8804]

You better fear to shop in a store and fear the streets....Jeff send Besos...😘. Enjoy your vote...😅

[@skippyzk]

They think crime is like fairies and if you believe hard enough it will go away

[@samsonlao7002]

This is a hard choice. Voting GOP, there will be no abortion under any circumstance, no freedom of religion; there will be concentration camps and genocides for the non-whites, especially Asians.

[@TheoneGodfather]

A lot more prisons need to be built and used or this will never stop.

[@AL-ei2gc]

Coffee beans “why lock us up when you supposed to lock the shoplifters?”

[@3yearsago287]

Orange "you democrats try to indict and lock me up so look what's happening"

[@jeremeyunger6568]

**pretends to be shocked** Not enforcing laws encourages people to break them? Who knew? 😂

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

Human rights trump property rights.

[@jeremeyunger6568]

@@Mr.H-zu1jc So, the human rights of the business owners and all of the residents of the neighborhoods where the stores are being robbed and shut down are less important than those of the thievs?

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

@@jeremeyunger6568 you can solve the theft problem in a nonviolent way. Bc yes, their lives matter more than a store. Plus, I’ll take you ppl seriously AFTER you give white collar crime the proper attention, that is that white collar crime is far worse than petty theft. Care to take a guess at which demographic is stealing the most from the American ppl? Hint, it’s rich white men. The real crime is on Wall Street, not Main Street.

[@LeftIsFascist]

​@@Mr.H-zu1jca human does not have the right to take someone elses property dingus

[@davidc3943]

@@Mr.H-zu1jc👈 eats boogers and watches Chunk Yogurt

[@playstation2icon271]

Media 2 years ago “defund the police” Now “there’s no police anywhere, tsk, tsk tsk”

[@johnsonrj74]

I'm liberal but this is madness- if there are no consequences, there's no incentive to stop. Fix this! Most people in the Bay Area are sick of this. FIX IT!

[@shimarisu595]

You get what you vote for. Frisco is a septic tank.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Most Democratic run cities are these days.

[@Myers70]

Gavin Newsom has completely DESTROYED California

[@johnwattdotca]

I didn't know septic tanks got on the ballot. Is that where you live?

[@Nutrollio]

Democrat cities are dumps 😂

[@NiechZyjePolska48]

That’s Commiefornia for you

[@indiragandhi6445]

Live in a 3rd world country yet no one dares walk out of the store without paying! Entitlement and lack of self respect and being too soft to robbers is what drives these people! Work!

[@zoobrizz]

Gavin Newsom 🤡 for president

[@jjminor]

Yep. Many 1st world countries are going backwards with respect to crime. They are soft on violent crimes (in my book strangling someone is violent 😢), but in some places they are pushing to imprison men for practically looking at a woman the wrong way. What a world 😂

[@ckrgksdkrak]

This is a 4th world

[@randomguy7175]

Try this in so called 3rd world nations...

[@dwiatmika9563]

@@randomguy7175 try this in indonesia and watch a horde of citizen punching you to death

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

When that man threw the bananas, it just shows the contempt that these crooks show towards law-abiding citizens and the very rule of civilization and its laws. California is truly lost, it has fallen.

[@stephenmorring3370]

So, the reporter's takeaway is that "people are hungry"? Yeah, hungry, starving people need ice cream, frozen dinners, $14 coffee, fake eyelashes, and nail polish to survive. What a fool. These people aren't stealing in order to stave off starvation.

[@aelamsocool]

I need my mac eyeshadow palette or else I'll die. You should know better, Stephen.

[@gamestar70]

When you reward bad behaviour, You get bad behaviour.

[@narrogers1571]

CNN loves bad behavior. They've been encouraging it for years.

[@AaronEbrahim]

What the hell is "behaviour"? is that like a carnivore or something?

[@gamestar70]

@@AaronEbrahim Well that you would have to look in the dictionary.

[@tinalevan1984]

​@@AaronEbrahimAn alternate spelling, dingus.

[@enough1494]

No one is rewarding that behavior, not even the true self. Hunger, addiction, homelessness is a desperate situation.

[@wishyouluck6741]

This is what happens when allow criminals to get away with murder, putting limits on what’s you can steel is an absolute joke. As long as it’s under a $1000.00 you won’t get locked up, that’s ridiculous. You need to hold people responsible.

[@I.____.....__...__]

I don't think most people steel, that's too much effort, they'd probably just iron.

[@bernardwylie9760]

And….in literally the next news segment, a poll will show that 65% of Republicans will convince themselves to vote for a convicted felon for President in 2024, and not see that these 2 issues are connected. Those folks will automatically think of themselves as better. Either the rule of law applies to all, including the most powerful and connected, or it’s hard to convince even a street dope fiend that they should respect it 🤷‍♂️.

[@gab4690]

That's what they voted for

[@joecasella3063]

I don't get it, liberal wonderland they vote for, liberal wonderland they get and they are mad about that? Make it make sense.

[@Scaash]

STEAL not steel.

[@hextheripper]

CNN is 3 years late reporting on retail theft. 🤣

[@mondoenterprises6710]

When you ignore the small stuff it all just gets worse. Psychology of Criminal Behavior 101.

[@mrmark8603]

The "Broken Window Theory".

[@victoria9810]

Your comments have made me curious. Now I have to go look up both.

[@ryblack5032]

Makes Me so grateful and Proud to live in a RED State❤❤❤

[@dannychoi32]

The crime rate is low because no one has 4 hours to wait around to report a crime. Even a 911 call takes 2 hours to get a police car.

[@valoredramack9117]

Poverty and high cost of living is what leads to rampant theft. More police activity does not prevent crime, it only increases violence within communities which leads to rioting instead of just shoplifting. You cannot solve poverty-related crimes with police funding; that has literally never worked in any city. Washington D.C has spent the most on police and corrections per capita and yet they have one of the highest crime rates in the United States. The fact of the matter is that crime only becomes more organized and more violent when you increase law enforcement presence. If you want to solve shoplifting, then you need to fix the American economy so that people can afford food, housing, and other products. Instead of taxing the crap out of labor wages, focus on taxing multi-billion dollar companies that hoard wealth.

[@Tyler_Owen23]

@@valoredramack9117no, crime leads to poverty. I’ve been poor and never stole, never assaulted people. Being poor isn’t an excuse to steal fake eyelashes, makeup, cough medicine (for abuse) and other things. Stop making excuses

[@gavroche24]

moreover, crime is so low because theft is no longer a crime

[@victoria9810]

Good point. Has to include all possible reasons why it might be inaccurate and that would definitely make the results skewed.

[@jasonscott4366]

Yeah that 950 dollar shoplifting law isnt working

[@TDOLLA]

my girlfriends mom works at a Kohls in the midwest. The other day a group of people came in and apparently threw a pack of firecrackers causing all the employees to panic and think there was someone shooting so they all ran off the floor to the breakroom or out the back of the store. The thieves then grabbed a ton of stuff and ran out in the chaos. She said their store gets hit a couple times a week

[@daledevernon56]

I live in a country where the social issues highlighted in this video are far worst yet no one would dare to walk into a shop and leave without paying. America has an entitlement problem.

[@antihypocrisy8978]

Blm problem

[@liberalshaveitallbackwards4667]

America has a libtard problem. All the red districts are safe, clean, peaceful, and quiet. lol

[@Myers70]

Welcome to Brandon's America

[@bhing1483]

@@Myers70 weird how America had the same issues under dump. But whatever fits your narrative 🤡🤣

[@TheNivKo]

@@bhing1483 yup, that's how it's always been in Democrat run cities

[@erikhadinger7655]

The shop owner is frustrated? More than likely, the shop owner voted for the policies that have led to the problem.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

It’s better than the reich wing policy of everybody shooting everybody.

[@johnwattdotca]

More than likely, you just want to publish a hater comment. Nice try with the happy faces.

[@erikhadinger7655]

@@johnwattdotca Not a hater comment, it's the truth if you don't like the truth because your sensitive, i'm sorry.

[@johnwattdotca]

@@erikhadinger7655 I can see you can accept a hater comment by saying it's not a hater comment, because you are insensitive. I can tell you're sorry.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@johnwattdotca It's insensitive to point out that the progressive policies were trash and regressive? Well I guess that's too bad then.

[@csmlouis]

I was born yesterday under a rock and I am absolutely shocked!!

[@accuratebrickinnovations]

lol

[@justinderrick8785]

i smell sarcasm :P

[@chedabu]

They deserve all this...

[@nathanurick8320]

Well you can thank all the people in charge for this. These people know that getting caught is no problem so they keep doing it. When you decide to lock them up and throw away the keys they can’t do it anymore because they will be behind bars.

[@nathanurick8320]

@justin0ldman303 exactly

[@asleepawake3645]

problem is republican red states keep exporting criminals to California. They know they can game the system abd blame the government because they know people can't fight criminals who have free guns

[@sebcw1204]

Have you cross indexed shoplifting rates with harsher penalties for minor offenses? Gotta go county by county to see if there's even a link.

[@joeydiaz5927]

@@sebcw1204have you? You’re here talking Bs telling people to do research as if you’re on a moral high ground. Disappear and don’t show up unless you have facts.

[@nathanurick8320]

@@sebcw1204 I think you missed my point, criminals know they won’t stay in jail long at all for crimes like this so that’s what makes it worth it. If you don’t get harder on crime it will always go up like it is.

[@metalcain90]

"People are hungry" can they eat the eye lashes, coffee beans, and razors they lock up? Lol 🤡

[@cheezykrafts8134]

You know darn well why a little luxury items are locked up and would be stolen. Don't act all high and mighty like you don't want more out of life than just a roof over your head and to not be hungry.

[@cravenmorehead3167]

@@cheezykrafts8134 That's their problem... not ours. We work and obey laws.

[@bsing2u]

Gotta look good and be well caffeinated for a heist

[@redfire7820]

@@bsing2ulmao

[@ttvmortemoni1495]

Bro thinks its a police state when it's the opposite.

[@brianchase9251]

"San Francisco City Supervisor Matt Dorsey, a former police spokesman and recovering drug addict..." LMFAO.

[@emilegriffith1473]

So former addicts shouldn't be allowed to partake in society? You know addicts just aren't homeless thieves right?

[@Antony..24]

The employees should sue Walgreens and the state for PTSD or something. That has to be very stressful to deal with those policies.. It has to effect their mental health

[@Duude125]

Can’t blame the stores. It was government policies prohibiting people from stopping thieves that brought us to this point. Hell, in Chicago the police weren’t allowed to chase a fleeing criminal.

[@LeeEverett1]

How is it Walgreens fault though? Blame the democrats and liberals who ruined what was once a beautiful city

[@craigday1759]

Lmao

[@Antony..24]

@@craigday1759 What's so funny about employees trying to make living and having to watch their back because Democrat's choose criminals over law & order?

[@craigday1759]

It’s not funny. The situation. I laughed bc, is it Walgreens fault ? I think not. It’s very serious. I get it. You have to stand up and be willing to kill bc there not gonna back down. If I owned a store and people were stealing. I’d have pepper stay, a bat, a baton, 100 prove alcohol in a small bottle and light ‘ em up. I would do anything so make sure my family doesn’t go without. Fight fire with fire ! If your trying to feed your family and someone is taking that from you, I’m sure the judge will understand

[@rustinpierce7269]

Never in my life I would've expected stores to lock up food.

[@GotoHere]

Biden’s America, how do you like it?

[@maumor2]

My local Walgreens in Florida gets hit at least twice a week and not by a hobo stealing a pizza, they come down 2 or 3 at a time grab trash bags from the shelf and go thru different sections (make up, cough and cold, toothpaste, electronics, laundry, etc) employees hate their job so much that they have fun watching them. We all know the rule is "do not confront" but there are protocols that deter theft (a simple "do you need help?" Would make thieves think about it twice) employees are underpaid and overwoked they don't give a fk anymore. And yes it happens a lot on "tough on crime" Florida

[@rh9133]

Exactly, this "don't confront" policy doesn't work all the time.

[@worldlife9834]

Food isn't free. Farmers and food processors work extremely long hours.

[@jmgmarcus808]

Democrat run s hole. New York, Baltimore, Philly, San Fran, LA, Chicago, Portland, Seatttle, Minneapolis..Keep voting blue.

[@pokerinthefrontliqueurinth4971]

It's a Shame what has happened to this city. You would think that with the cost of living this wouldn't be a problem. But if you're not punishing people for these crimes what do you expect?

[@eby2257]

Demonrat leadership and their soft on crime policies don't work!! Defund the cops doesn't work.Nothing Demonrat do helps anyone except criminals. San Fran is getting what they voted for.

[@davemitchell6281]

its the entire state, lawless everywhere.

[@jenniferbombard8211]

Not just city anymore.

[@M_SC]

Punishment is only half. I wouldn’t steal even if there was no punishment. I never have. So many adults talk of how they stole things as a kid. I don’t get it. I can’t imagine wanting to be a thief and laughing about it

[@M_SC]

@@jenniferbombard8211more crimes happening in suburbs than the city since the late 90s. Country people are deluded

[@lincolnmaceachern2410]

"No flatscreen, no peace! No flatscreen, no peace!"

[@TofuBoi_]

I don't endorse shoplifting, but I'm no longer against it. People are just taking back what the grocery chains had stolen from them for the past few years, and I have absolutely no problem with that. Greedy grocery chains need to be stopped and give back what they had stolen from the communities so people can eat again. We should stop hoping someone or the government would do something about it. That time has passed, and now it's time for us to ask ourselves: what can we do to stop these rich grocery chains from being more and more greedy!

[@sirgerbilmacintosh9101]

I worked in retail years ago and if I caught a shoplifter my employer would almost act like I did something wrong. They seem to be trying to walk this line where they want loss prevention, but also don't want the confrontation and risk that often comes along with it, and it's just not working... I live in Ohio btw, this is not a California thing.

[@sadtothebone5767]

Tennessee here. My former job was in retail. Shoplifting was bad. Shoes and clothes. If we caught them, we called the police.

[@asleepawake3645]

the employers are concerned the thieves would brandish guns. that's what happens with mad max conservative policy.

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

@greenbay2597theft is preferable to murder, bc human rights trump property rights.

[@TheZombaslaya]

@@sadtothebone5767 As you should

[@peterlongprong7521]

all stores have theft insurance - and the insurance cartels know they are required to have it - and FYI: 40% of all food production and in stores goes to waste - stores are FORCED by their contracts to throw perfectly good food away after stamped expiration dates - rather than donating it to food banks or the homeless ~ all perfectly safe to consume ~ its a system of evil and greed, nothing less

[@Chi_06]

I don’t like it when people who are hustling to put food on their tables get attacked or their businesses destroyed. I hate it…

[@stansmith8206]

Elections have consequences. The progressive voters of San Francisco deserve it.

[@distantraveller9876]

Know what I hate? The fact the cost of living keeps rising, wages keep falling and the middle class keeps shrinking. I also hate how the drug crisis is contributing to this and forcing normal people to steal food just to survive.

[@victoria9810]

Lol yeah cause this crime doesn't hurt the poor that now have no grocery store in their area to work at or shop at. This is exactly what you do to destroy any opportunity for the poor you steal everything and then you have nothing but empty stores and even more poverty.

[@leni1028]

What's happening to you , America 😮 You became such a sick society!!!

[@musicandpoetry_8]

That’s an understatement

[@phoenixsixxrising]

As a retail manager, theft has been crazy heavy the last year or so

[@AlanBurnham]

Is crime really down or has the lack of prosecution led to lack of reporting? How many of those 3 thefts were police reports filed for?

[@ChosenOne6666]

You have severe comprehension problems.

[@exsmoker74]

Exactly

[@MinhTran-fc7jl]

my friend car windows got smashed last weekend when we went to twin peak, every parking lot you go to, there are broken window glass everywhere, crime ridden city.

[@cravenmorehead3167]

Crime isn't down. California won't prosecute any left under $950. More democrat policies.

[@drichardson007]

People also just give up on reporting it since the Police are unlikely to respond and if the criminal gets caught, they simply get re-released back out on the street.

[@mardiem]

If you let them steal, guess what, they come and steal.. firing employees for trying to prevent it makes it even worse. Companies MUST rethink their policies !

[@aishabintabubakr4944]

Just like if you blew them away, then they would stop stealing

[@mardiem]

@@aishabintabubakr4944 yes i believe if they would be stopped and hold accountable the theft would drop. But since they know they can just walk in and out, they using it. Of course

[@dritemolawzbks8574]

You can't speak for a corporation. The reason employees get fired and hate human resources and legal departments is because they're risking themselves for someone else's insured property. That's a dumb and simple minded move. Walgreens and other retailers don't want minimum-wage paid, vigilante employees people getting injured or murdered. Let the security guards, police, and prosecutors handle theft. If they keep getting robbed and insurance premiums get too high, then the business model will change. If you risk your own life over someone else's property, then you deserve to be fired.

[@luismercado71]

Another problem is that nowadays, if you stop a criminal or protect yourself from a criminal, you end up been the criminal,,Smh.

[@darthmcgee2216]

@@dritemolawzbks8574 So you're saying shoplifters are a threat to human life? In that case we need armed guards at every store front door.

[@magnavideos3066]

in asian countries this crap never happened .

[@austinap2248]

When those who protect their merchandise are prosecuted and those who steal are not, we have a problem.

[@AaronEbrahim]

Here in Denver they fill up whole shopping carts of stuff and brazenly just run out of the store with the carts OVER FULL of merchandise.

[@MajorAnthonyNelson]

Denver is another dem run city. See a pattern ?

[@FirstLast-qw7gh]

I see some people saying this is a Democrat vs Republican issue. What's the political party in power in Denver and do you think their political ideology plays a role in the problem?

[@dave0051]

​@@FirstLast-qw7ghDemocrats run Denver. There is your answer.

[@maumor2]

Here in south west Florida (deep god fearing, gun loving, family values, tough on crime, etc county) the shoplifters are so empowered that they ask an employee "where can I find trash bags?" Then they open the box of trash bags and use them to fill them up with whatever they are stealing

[@gasperdn]

@@FirstLast-qw7gh Denver has always voted Democrat. Last Republican Mayor in Denver was 1963. Now, that's not to say it is a Democrat thing because 10-15 years ago you could walk downtown Denver at night without feeling like you would be robbed or hassled by the homeless population.

[@thegunnylocker5783]

They witnessed three people shoplift but only showed one (white guy). I wonder what race the other two were 🤣🙄

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Noticed that too.

[@SirEattonHogg]

Lived in SF in the early 2000's. Homelessness, mental cases, and property crimes was a big problem back then. Had my car broken into quite a few times (one time in a public garage - lol). You learned real quick how to not make eye contact and walk to the other side if you encountered a crazy person which was almost an everyday thing. And I had visitors from other citites, including NYC who commented how absolutely filthy the city was when they would walk on Market or wander into the fringes of Tenderloin - stepping on human excrement was a regular hazard. But despite all that, it was IMHO a great city to live in (if you can afford the high rents) - shopping, eating and the year round mild weather - just can't be beat. But it's now clearly taken a turn for the far worse. I can't see any reason to move back which is fine with me because I don't think I can afford how much rent is there now.

[@mingangchen5758]

If Democrats are dominating California, this situation will get worse.

[@acorn8170]

And yet Nancy Pelosi is continually voted back in. She has done so much for the city of San Francisco obviously. No one wants change obviously. Just sit back and watch the destruction of the city and Nancy just gets wealthier. She doesn't care about anyone.

[@andrewigwe2202]

Malls in Third world countries is far better than malls in San Francisco

[@richyp64]

I just watched a guy walk out of the store with a basket full of tools in my blue sanctuary city and the store manager said there was nothing he could do about it and the police wouldn't show up. 🤣😂

[@ChosenOne6666]

Try that in a big city to a guy wearing dreadlocks.

[@eby2257]

I think Jason Aldean made a song about this. No. 1 song in the nation and the leftwing nuts are triggered. LOL

[@ChosenOne6666]

@@eby2257 Try that in a big city, homie

[@johnwattdotca]

@@eby2257 It takes a dumb gun to be triggered. It looks like you're getting into it.

[@johnwattdotca]

Why don't I believe you?

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

me, a lockpicking lawyer viewer: *are those master locks I see? 🤭*

[@richyp64]

Who needs lock picking when you can take a butane torch to the plexiglass. The fentanyl zombies are already doing this in SF.

[@yhtzou]

i’m taiwanese and i think Trump said very well, you Americans really need LAW AND ORDER!

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

I really don't mind people stealing food.

[@jonblablabla1014]

San Francisco is becoming more and more like Gotham City

[@Myers70]

Gavin Newsom has completely DESTROYED California, he is hands down the WORST Governor ever

[@Xsorus]

All we need is a Rich Billionaire to use a bunch of tech and Martial arts to beat up poor people and put them in Hospitals they can't afford so its a never ending cycle.

[@John_Smith_86]

The government is the joker. No Batman to the rescue though.

[@erickgutierrez6743]

San Francisco needs to significantly increase the punishment for theft. 30 day automatic jail sentence for any theft. I know it's disproportionate punishment but at this point it's the only thing that is going to reduce the theft and businesses leaving the city

[@aishabintabubakr4944]

No. Execution on the first offense

[@peterlongprong7521]

imagine for a moment, a dystopian world, where the homeless and hungry are forced into slave labor camps and jail cells because they try to get a morsel of food that only the rich can afford ~ imagine for a moment...

[@stache1954]

Cut off a hand.

[@llibressal]

Hold on a second fellas. Let's go back and re-read "Of Crimes And Punishments", - Cesarre Beccaria

[@aishabintabubakr4944]

@@peterlongprong7521 They can get food without committing crimes

[@meejinhuang]

Blame the mayor. They've already recalled the last DA.

[@rogerder5892]

The reported crimes are down. The actual crimes are up. Businesses stopped reporting the crimes because nothing was done about it. Ask the victimized business owners.

[@lukask4021]

So i wanted something that was locked, so i asked for it. Once I got it i eventually stole it by walking out later...

[@jeffzwally]

Same thing here in San Diego, female neighbor was just suckered punch in broad daylight yesterday in our downtown parking lot by a homeless person,

[@deborahfreedman333]

We have the same crap in Portland. Crazy homeless people attack good citizens, but all the city worries about are the violent vagrants, not the taxpayers. There is this crazy woman, who keeps attacking elderly Asian men, putting them in the hospital, and they just keep releasing her. She should be in jail.

[@carlrav5660]

lol....she won't dare vote Republican tho. Awesome!

[@michaelhaines3451]

Why did they blur the face of the criminal? The faces of "normal" shoppers were not blurred. Not a rhetorical question. If I didn't know better I'd think that CNN was protecting the criminal.

[@rickpickle]

*"well... we'll never be san francisco" - kathy hochul*

[@charlesritter6640]

Don't you think it's kinda weird how this is happening all over the place all at the same time? Did all the district attorneys in the country get together and agree to not prosecute certain crimes?

[@johnwattdotca]

Some social media users decided the court doesn't prosecute crimes and police have been defunded. They still think Trump can build a Mexican wall.

[@emilegriffith1473]

They're not enough money hence not enough police and assistant DAs to prosecute all this crime.

[@clintonkildepsteen3982]

​@@johnwattdotcawhat are you saying? Are you insinuating that it's Trump supporters goin around looting and robbing stores?

[@valoredramack9117]

Poverty and high cost of living is what leads to rampant theft. More police activity does not prevent crime, it only increases violence within communities which leads to rioting instead of just shoplifting. You cannot solve poverty-related crimes with police funding; that has literally never worked in any city. Washington D.C has spent the most on police and corrections per capita and yet they have one of the highest crime rates in the United States. The fact of the matter is that crime only becomes more organized and more violent when you increase law enforcement presence. If you want to solve shoplifting, then you need to fix the American economy so that people can afford food, housing, and other products. Instead of taxing the crap out of labor wages, focus on taxing multi-billion dollar companies that hoard wealth.

[@douglasmcginity3327]

democrat run cities

[@bottomofthemap696]

Is it low level drug use and violent crimes. Or just less prosecution of both of those like shoplifting?

[@valoredramack9117]

Poverty and high cost of living is what leads to rampant theft. More police activity does not prevent crime, it only increases violence within communities which leads to rioting instead of just shoplifting. You cannot solve poverty-related crimes with police funding; that has literally never worked in any city. Washington D.C has spent the most on police and corrections per capita and yet they have one of the highest crime rates in the United States. The fact of the matter is that crime only becomes more organized and more violent when you increase law enforcement presence. If you want to solve shoplifting, then you need to fix the American economy so that people can afford food, housing, and other products. Instead of taxing the crap out of labor wages, focus on taxing multi-billion dollar companies that hoard wealth.

[@thx4allthefish95]

3:40, show me who is stealing eyelashes, coffee, and ice cream in order not to starve 🤡

[@xxkillerdogxx]

Need to punish these ppl harshly.

[@rocketdude2969]

I work in a grocery store in Texas and theft is everywhere. You can't say anything or do anything for fear of loosing your job . Plus management half the time doesn't want to do anything because they don't want to get in trouble. Recently they had an employee at another get fired for videoing a shoplifter and taking pictures of his license plate . It isn't just in San Francisco.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

Isn't everybody allowed to wear guns in Texas? According to gun rights experts that should make crime nonexistent right?

[@davidunclerainbow9243]

@@Andreas-gh6is Go ahead and shoot someone over a bar of chocolate.

[@Pyladin]

@@davidunclerainbow9243 Some Republicans seem to think that should be law.

[@universeranking5563]

@@Andreas-gh6is Indonesia my country also our allies Thailand Vietnam is the one that funding the I SIS Group and not Qatar, because is our brother on religion. Indonesia my country is the biggest country in southeast Asia, that is why our allies Thailand Vietnam was always supporting our country Indonesia, because our country was the leader of southeast Asia, and in reality Indonesia Thailand Vietnam are the three countries was responsible for funding the I SIS Group and these information was from the confidential Webpage of our countries with our government analys, which EU and US doesn't know it, And being Indonesian we are confident to disclose it here because only less people are seeing this, disclosures

[@FroggyMan]

@justin0ldman303 you are full of crap some of the highest crime in us are from red states and or counties /cities

[@polygonalmasonary]

If America looked after its poorest and most vulnerable citizens instead of leaving them homeless and starving, they wouldn’t need to steal food. Introduce a welfare system like the UK with social housing and money to buy food and your crimes will reduce 😮🇬🇧

[@sandyflowers9201]

But these people like drugs and the street

[@b.t.2795]

A lot of them are drug addicts. You have to address that problem as well.

[@DragonLove225]

​@@b.t.2795The government has put methadone pick up clinics everywhere in the U.S. I don't know how that helps, they look doped up.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

The more they take in immigrants the father their welfare system collapses.

[@sportslive4free851]

she soooo suprised he didn’t pay 😂😂😂 clown show you guys are running, bravo

[@TheLastDarkLord]

So why did they blur the shoplifter's face ? Expose these criminals.

[@lindawilkinson6912]

Crime is NOT down. What is down is the charging of crimes towards the criminals. If you say a lie often enough people tend to believe it.

[@beckhaleen8804]

You better fear to shop in a store and fear the streets....Jeff send Besos...😘. Enjoy your vote...😅

[@MavicAir1]

When they changed the regulations that disallowed employees to stop the shoplifters because they didn't want to pay workers compensation if they get hurt is when the thefts took off. The large retailers try to say it's about protecting their workers but really it's about the worker's compensation. If they really cared about their workers they would hire a full time security guard who qualified to use force and arrest if needed. Guess what, most companies consider that to be to much of cost. Feel for the honest employee's who have to watch this happen in their store daily.

[@tedz2usa]

DO NOT BLUR THESE FACES! These criminals should have their faces shown to the nation!

[@Themiddleearther1990]

But ou will see his color and would validate the stereotype. Unless the thief is white or Asian. 😂

[@BradPitbull]

Blur his face for his safety Thank you cnn

[@beefree5215]

In blue cities, the criminal has more rights then the law abiding taxpayers. Then they whine when businesses leave the city. So sad, time to wake up people.

[@johnwattdotca]

It's too late for you to wake up. You can't even see reality.

[@beefree5215]

@@johnwattdotca don’t kid yourself it’s a clear pattern and you know it.

[@johnwattdotca]

@@beefree5215 If you want to be an idiot online it's up to you. That includes thinking in terms of red or blue. Americans act like Americans, everywhere they go.

[@devyvalentinoify]

Yesh red states has nooo crimes 🤦 criminals has more rights ?! What world you live in ?!

[@valoredramack9117]

Poverty and high cost of living is what leads to rampant theft. More police activity does not prevent crime, it only increases violence within communities which leads to rioting instead of just shoplifting. You cannot solve poverty-related crimes with police funding; that has literally never worked in any city. Washington D.C has spent the most on police and corrections per capita and yet they have one of the highest crime rates in the United States. The fact of the matter is that crime only becomes more organized and more violent when you increase law enforcement presence. If you want to solve shoplifting, then you need to fix the American economy so that people can afford food, housing, and other products. Instead of taxing the crap out of labor wages, focus on taxing multi-billion dollar companies that hoard wealth.

[@thedude1666]

Shut down all the store in SF. SF is turning into a third world city.

[@pipe.smoking.modern.cat.]

I live in a third world country, we don't have this lawlessness even here

[@IdaliaMay]

And why do you think shoplifting has increased? Oh... Maybe it's because a small bag of coffee is TWENTY FUCKING DOLLARS!

[@introvertsrock9843]

Next....businesses are going to turn stores into a Window service only? Like Fuel... pay first drive-thrus.... pay at one window and pick up your items at another window Everyone has a phone (or most of us)..... Walgreens, CVS, almost everyone else has an app that can be downloaded. Ppl could shop on the phone when they're at the coffee shop down the street and pay for their stuff on their phone to be ready to pick up when they finish their coffee, few pages of a book and walk to the store's pick up window.

[@____________aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Counter rack sales and impulse sales bring in good money. Eliminating that would defeat the purpose

[@Sincerit]

Where is the video of two other shoplifters? 🤔

[@natlegend]

Never said they had video, just that they witnessed it.

[@Sincerit]

@@natlegend so you are saying they’re bad reporters? Could not obtain video of two other shoplifters for the report?

[@natlegend]

@@Sincerit No, you're the one saying that. 🤡

[@gigatywing3483]

Can only show the huwhyte one

[@cravenmorehead3167]

They're black so they won't be shown.

[@A.I.Friends]

Wow even thieves are entitled. Back in my day, thieves had to be professional.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

Guess who's paying for it? Ordinary citizens.

[@trebochet]

You all voted for this , why are you complaining about?

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

When did we vote for theft? Are you saying that because the disgraced former President is a crook?!? That's hardly our fault!

[@Myers70]

You nailed it

[@cindythomas5895]

Accountability..is one thing needed. Sad so sad 😞!!! Punishment needed

[@emiliavieira60]

not punishment needed. bad polices have bad consequences. ppl keep voting blue there that's what they get.

[@mrmark8603]

As opposed to tax breaks for the wealthy, defunding the FBI and IRS. Those will change this situation how?@@emiliavieira60

[@madmaximus2836]

Does anyone know where the closest hardware store is to this Walgreens? Does the hardware store lock their bolt cutters up?

[@googlreviews7813]

Shoplifting is no doubt an issue, but big responsibility has to be on shops itself... Introduction of self checkouts has propelled shoplifting to levels never seen before.

[@bhing1483]

America has become Babylon. Lack of accountability along with hyper entitlement has finally caught up. Gosh, who saw this coming? 🙄

[@williamshaw5388]

Yeah, it has nothing to do with the nightmare of a capitalist system. We live in, and the increasing amount of poor people in homeless people. Truth is this place sucks.

[@bhing1483]

@@williamshaw5388 sounds as if you blame the system and not the choices of individuals. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

@@williamshaw5388 I thought capitalism relished property ownership but you guys let theft go unpunished?

[@will_dikfit2975]

No word as usual from cnn on who commits those crimes 😅😅😅😅

[@nscastaneda]

exactly!

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Propably consider them as reparations.

[@mirthfullyminded7656]

A dozen times a day? It’s probably hundreds of times a day

[@AngelPharah]

It’s so stupid to legalize shoplifting

[@kbear8293]

You get what you voted for. With any luck Gavin Newsome can bring this to all of America.

[@bbq8282]

The law maker’s policies are working as intended 👍👍👍 Thank you so much for Mayor Breed’s leadership!

[@dave0051]

Wtf. Leftism is a gd mental illness.

[@jypymix20001]

My man just walked out like he is the owner 😂

[@casienwhey]

Id be willing to bet that the reason that property crime and violent crime are lower is because the victims don't even bother to report it anymore.

[@noneofyourbz4007]

why da hell blur out the face of the shoplifters?????!!!

[@shiftymcgee9359]

The ACLU might get upset.

[@That1Guy642]

Seems like defunding the police was a great idea keep up the good work 👍

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

How is *dufunding* the police even remotely related to petty theft, Guy?

[@That1Guy642]

@@MachiavellisThePrince if their is no police too catch the petty theft then they just keep stealing. It's really common sense

[@b.t.2795]

​@@That1Guy642 They are not going to police five finger discount when they have bigger fish to fry. A busy city attracts all kinds.

[@That1Guy642]

@@b.t.2795 that's why they should have police on stand by or a security guard with a gun . If you pop a few of them punks they might think twice. It wouldn't happen in a small town

[@b.t.2795]

@@That1Guy642 Telling that to an addict isn't going to do much good.

[@haydes2106]

It’s a disgrace and the state needs to do more!

[@markpranck2508]

How dare you lock up things up